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RADIATOR COVERING.

APPLICATION FILED IULY27| I9I5.

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APPLICATION FILED .IULY27- 1915.

Patented May 1, 1917.

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CHARLES E. HARRISON, OF LITTLETON, COLORADO.

RADIATOR-COVERING.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 1, 1917.

Application led .T uly 27, 1915. Serial No. 42,209,

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, CHARLES E. HARRISON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Littleton, in the county of Arapahoe and State of Colorado, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Radiator- Coverings, of which the following is a speciication.

My invention relates to a covering for radiators, and its principal object resides in the provision of a device of simple construction and artistic design which when placed over a radiator will screen the same from view without obstructing the radiation of heat, and which at the same time provides a comfortable rest or seat, and if so desired one or more receptacles for papers or books.

With the above object in view, my invention consists of a folding bench the seat of which is composed of slats which are spaced to permit the upward passage of heat from a radiator over which the device is placed.

Folding supports at the ends ofthe seat are extended above the same to provide arm rests, and racks are adjustably connected with the supports for the reception of papers, magazines and other similar articles.

The bench is furthermore provided with locking means which automatically secure the supports in their adjusted positions.

In the accompanying drawings in the various views of which like parts are similarly designated,

Figure 1 is a partially sectional plan view of the radiator-covering,

Fig. 2, a side elevation of the covering in its operative position with relation to a radiator. l Fig. 3, an underneath view of the covering in its folded condition,

Fig. 4, a section taken along the line 4-4, Fig. 3,

Fig. 5, a transverse section along the line 5-5, Fig. 1, and

Figs. 6 and 7, fragmentary sections taken along the line 6--6, Fig. 1, showing respectively the paper rack in its closed and open positions.

The bench consists of a seat member 2, and two supporting members 3 which are pivotally connected at opposite ends thereof.

The seat-member is composed of parallel sills 4 connected by cleats 5 upon which are secured a number 0f longitudinally disposed parallel slats 6 in spaced relaof a pair tion to each other. The ends of the sills provide means for the pivotal connection of the supporting members with the seat-meinber by the use of rods 7.

Each of the supporting members is composed of a pair of'parallel legs S which are connected opposite to the point at which the member is connected with the seat member by a cross-bar 9 and at their upper ends by a similar bar 10 which provides an arm rest for an occupant of the bench.

The legs of the supports and the ends of the sills at the corresponding end of the bench have alined openings to receive the pivot rods 7 which are held against longitudinal displacement by riveting or by the application of nuts.

Yieldingly disposed in longitudinal recesses 12 formed adjacent the ends of the sills are the automatic locking devices which consist of spring bars 13 secured at their inner ends within the respective recesses and normally extending withoutl the same at their opposite ends.

When the supports are in their operative position at rightangles to the seat member, the outer, free ends of the springs 13 abut against the inner faces of the legs which are thereby held against inward movement, as shown in Fig. 6 of the drawings, and when the supports are folded beneath the seat in longitudinal alinement therewith as illustrated in Figs. 3 and 4, the springs projecting from their recesses extend partially over the outer sides of the legs and thereby lock the parts in their relative position.

Each of the supports is provided with a receptacle consisting of a rack 14 which is pivoted at its lower end between the legs 8 as at 15 and which at its upper extremity is connected with the same by means of one or more chains 16 to limit its outward movement.

The racks are composed of a pair of parallel end pieces 26 connected at their opposite edges by slats 17 and at their lower ends by a bottom piece 18 to provide the receptacles 19 for papers and the like.

The end pieces 14 of the rack have in their inner edges, slots 20 to admit the pivot bolt 7 of the supports to which the racks are attached, which thus perform the function of stops to limit the inward movement of the racks about their pivotal axes.

The bench in its operative condition is placed over. a radiator 25 as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings, it conceals the radiator without interfering with the radiation of heat which passes upwardly through thev spaces between the slats 6; it provides a comfortable seat for two or more persons and at the Sametime furnishes two receptacles for papers, books and other articles, by means of the racks l/l, which maybe moved to their closed or open positions without disturbing their contents.

Having thus described my invention what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Pat'- ent is:

l. A folding bench comprising a bodymember and supporting-members relatively disposed to permit of the bench being placed in an unfolded condition, over a radiator,

the body-member comprising a pair of parallel sills, and an apertured seat fastened to said sills and terminating at a distance from the ends of the same whereby to provide spaces for the reception of the supporting members, each supporting member being composed of a pair of legs and an arm-rest connecting the upper ends thereof, and the legs of the supporting-members being pivoted at a point between their extremities, to the sills within said spaces whereby in an upright position they extend partially above the seat, and in folded position they are partially contained between the sills below the seat, and devices to automatically lock said members in their relative folded and unfolded positions. l I

2. A folding bench comprising a bodymember and supporting-members relatively disposed t'o permit of the bench being placed in an unfolded condition, over a radiator, the body-member comprising a pair of parallel sills, and an apertured seat fastened to said sills and terminating at a distance from the ends of the same whereby to provide spaces for the reception of the supportingmembers, each supporting member being composed of a pair of legs and an arm-rest connecting the upper ends thereof, and the legs of the supporting-members being pivoted at a point between their extremities to the sills within said spaces whereby in an upright position they extend partially above the seat and in a folded position, they are partially contained between the sills below the seat, a paper-rack normally contained in the space between the legs and the arm-rest of one of said supporting members, and, pivoted to the legs of the same for outward adjustment, and devices to automatically lock the members of the bench in their relative folded and unfolded positions.

In testimony whereof I havev affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES E. HARRISON. Witnesses:

Gr.v J, ROLLANDET, L. L. RH'oADEs.

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